Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never ...

For their new album, the expansive jazz group Snarky Puppy collaborated with Metropole Orkest. The live recording is the band's grandest feat yet.

Coco Jones. Samia. Fly Anakin. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Ayana Contreras from Denver public radio stations KUVO Jazz and The Drop to discuss the best new albums they heard this week. Check ...

Odeal. Snarky Puppy. The return of Tobias Jesso Jr. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Justus Sanchez from KNKX in ...

Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots. New Orleans' much-anticipated Jazz & Heritage Festival is ...

It's the holiday season! A time for some of the finest things in life: family, good cheer and that sweet, sweet music. At the same time, though, the holidays can be a little overwhelming. Bright ...

The jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette has died. He was 83 years old. For decades, he collaborated with artists like Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett and Alice Coltrane. And he became a composer and band leader ...

Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand the present. So this week Alt.Latino shares a reissue by the iconic Chilean folksinger Violeta Parra as a way to understand the current movement of ...

March 31st, 2025 – Washington, D.C. – NPR Music and New York's globalFEST are excited to announce the return of the fifth edition of NPR Music's Tiny Desk x globalFEST, taking place Monday, March 31st ...

We remember Roy Ayers, the vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer behind "Everybody Loves the Sunshine." He died Tuesday at the age of 84. Jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers died earlier this week ...

It's Friday, which means if you forgot to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 yesterday, you're going to need to console yourself. Luckily, we've got plenty of new music available immediately that will cost ...